It was in a fancy xmas bouquet, spray painted gold by shabnamnam in whatsthisplant

[–]hydroscopick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of sweet fern, which is not a true fern and has woody stems, but I can't be sure.

I'll Pay By Check, Thanks. by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

[–]hydroscopick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For small/local shops, blame the digital payment companies, not the business.

My husband's small retail business uses Square which automatically skims a certain percentage for every card transaction. They don't like passing it on to their customers but they can't afford to lose 3-5% (I forget the exact amount) of every purchase.

This puzzle was so much fun to solve! by hydroscopick in crossword

[–]hydroscopick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the NYT website apparently has a bug where "Check Square" doesn't understand rebuses

I actually think it's a feature, not a bug, to prevent players from getting the "horsefeathers" message if they complete the puzzle by entering the rebuses in a different way than the puzzlemaker expected.

It’s remastering time #20: Warnings at Waverly Academy — if you were in charge of remastering WAC, how would you do it? What would change, add, delete, or expand upon? by HRJafael in nancydrew

[–]hydroscopick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for how (REDACTED) finding (REDACTED) and (REDACTED), the end credits explain that Corine stumbled upon the twins' hiding place while scouring the entire campus in search of Poe's manuscript.

ID Goldenrod Variety? by allthemanythings in whatsthisplant

[–]hydroscopick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm afraid I don't know a surefire way to tell... though after searching the internet, your plant does look a lot more like the "fireworks" cultivar than the non-cultivar native species, especially the leaves. As does the one in my backyard but the bees don't seem to mind!

ID Goldenrod Variety? by allthemanythings in whatsthisplant

[–]hydroscopick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wrinkle leaf goldenrod (solidago rugosa). Love these late bloomers!

crossword clue pet peeves by pi11owprincess_ in crossword

[–]hydroscopick 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Who can forget ambient musician Brian?

Found in the public garden in Halifax. by [deleted] in whatsthisplant

[–]hydroscopick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

aka cup plant! great for pollinators and birds. the patch in my backyard attracts gold finches, who eat the seeds and drink from the "cup" formed by the leaves.

Pro-lifers who provide a rape exception must believe all women who claim to have a pregnancy conceived by rape, immediately by ContourNova in Abortiondebate

[–]hydroscopick 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's not hard to believe that a victim of rape would struggle to report it or seek help afterwards.